"That's right - someone has figured out how to make a killing by charging $92 a night for the use of this vehicle, while paying absolutely no form of rent, mortgage, property tax, or other cost associated with controlling real estate." Read On

"...ultimately the natural conservatism of the rich is winning out, across the nation. If you want to move to a city where density is going up rather than down, you might just have to move to Miami. Or China." Read On

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Robert Steuteville, Better Cities and Towns " The claim of "net zero" strikes me as flimsy - note the SUVs in the parking lot and that much of the merchandise will be shipped from Asia - but mostly I object to the parking in front."

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Public Source "Some native Pittsburghers laugh off the fact that some of the light-rail stations are hard to find. It's part of the area's charm, they say. If you're a true Pittsburgher, you know where it is. But for newcomers, that attitude doesn't help."

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John Tolva, CTO, City of Chicago, The Atlantic Cities "I see a lot of people in information disciplines trying to resolve problems that architects of the built world have already solved. Traditional architects...have spent centuries figuring out how to create successful public spaces. But information architects still regularly struggle with this question online."

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Art Rolnick, Twin Cities Finance and Commerce "This is different than someone saying 'Without us you wouldn't get this revenue'. This is capturing a windfall from having a public good in the community."

"As mayor of one of America's most vibrant cities, Anthony Foxx knows firsthand that investing in world-class infrastructure is vital to creating good jobs and ensuring American businesses can grow and compete in the global economy." Read On

"Many of the underground systems are needed, but some are being built in cities that are too small to justify the exorbitant expense. By some estimates the total bill could approach $1 trillion, not including the cost of operation." Read On

"The whole point of social capital, after all, is to facilitate collective action. It's usually bandied as a cure for commons-type problems like littered parks or crime-infested streets, but there's no reason to assume a neighborhood will deploy its social capital only for wise and benevolent ends." Read On

Jeff Wood, Reconnecting America's New Media Director and Chief Cartographer, collects news stories and blog posts about transit and transit-oriented development from around the country and posts them at TheDirectTransfer.com. Jeff then takes the top 10 articles in each of five categories and sends that out as Other Side of the Tracks email newsletter. The content of that email is then posted here.